Aquilon de Baviere

Written in the late fourteenth- to early-fifteenth century by Raffaele da Verona, this work tells the story of Aquilon, the son of Naime, Duke of Bavaria, who was raised among the pagans and given the name Hannibal. After many battles against the Christians, including his greatest enemy, Roland, Aquilon discovers his true identity as a Christian and takes up the sword to right the wrongs he committed against his fellow Christians. The text contains two epilogues in the manuscripts, one in ottoava rima and the other in the form of a sonnet, as well as a prologue, also composed in ottoava rima.

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